Assembly Bill A5892

2019-2020 Legislative Session

Relates to including all peace officers employed by the first and second departments in the MTA Long Island Rail Road no fare program

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  • Introduced
    • In Committee Assembly
    • In Committee Senate
    • On Floor Calendar Assembly
    • On Floor Calendar Senate
    • Passed Assembly
    • Passed Senate
  • Delivered to Governor
  • Signed By Governor

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2019-A5892 (ACTIVE) - Details

Current Committee:
Assembly Corporations, Authorities And Commissions
Law Section:
Public Authorities Law
Laws Affected:
Amd §1266, Pub Auth L
Versions Introduced in 2017-2018 Legislative Session:
A8209

2019-A5892 (ACTIVE) - Summary

Relates to including all peace officers employed by the first and second departments in the MTA Long Island Rail Road no fare program.

2019-A5892 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf 

                            
 
                     S T A T E   O F   N E W   Y O R K
 ________________________________________________________________________
 
                                   5892
 
                        2019-2020 Regular Sessions
 
                           I N  A S S E M B L Y
 
                             February 20, 2019
                                ___________
 
 Introduced  by  M.  of  A.  ENGLEBRIGHT -- read once and referred to the
   Committee on Corporations, Authorities and Commissions
 
 AN ACT to amend the public authorities law, in relation to including all
   peace officers employed by the first and second departments in the MTA
   Long Island Rail Road no fare program

   THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND  ASSEM-
 BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
 
   Section  1.  Subdivision  14 of section 1266 of the public authorities
 law, as amended by chapter 182 of the laws of 2013, is amended  to  read
 as follows:
   14.  Notwithstanding  any  other provisions of law or the terms of any
 contract, the authority, in consultation with the Long Island Rail Road,
 shall establish and implement a no fare program  for  transportation  on
 the  Long  Island  Rail Road for police officers employed by the city of
 New York, county of Nassau, Nassau county villages and cities, county of
 Suffolk, Suffolk county  villages  and  towns,  the  division  of  state
 police,  the  port authority of New York and New Jersey, the Metro-North
 Commuter Railroad Company, the New York city  housing  authority  [and],
 the  New  York city transit authority AND ALL PEACE OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY
 THE FIRST AND SECOND DEPARTMENTS. In establishing  such  program,  which
 has  as its goal increased protection and improved safety for its commu-
 ters, the authority and the Long Island Rail  Road  shall,  among  other
 things, consider: (a) requiring police officers who ride without cost to
 register with the Long Island Rail Road as a condition of riding without
 cost;  (b)  requiring such officers to indicate during such registration
 process their regular working hours and the Long Island Rail Road trains
 that such officers expect to ride; and (c)  periodically  re-registering
 and  re-validating such officers. The authority and the Long Island Rail
 Road shall also have the power to consider other  matters  necessary  to
 carry out the goals and objectives of this section.
   § 2. This act shall take effect immediately.
 
  EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
                       [ ] is old law to be omitted.

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